OAKLAND — If the finish line wasn’t approaching so quickly, it’d be interesting to see what the A’s might be capable of.
They rolled to their seventh consecutive win, and their second three-game sweep in a row, with Sunday’s 8-1 victory over the Texas Rangers, who had their Wild Card hopes dealt a crushing blow over their three-day stay in the East Bay.
The A’s broke a scoreless game wide open with a five-run fifth, highlighted by Khris Davis’ two-run homer, and cruised from there, outscoring Texas 13-2 over the entire series.
With just seven games left in the regular season, the A’s (72-83) are one of the American League’s most dangerous teams right now.